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Schools in West Berkshire[1]

Local authority district E06000037 · 98 open schools[2]

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Neighbourhood deprivation

The district's 99 neighbourhoods (2021 LSOAs)[3] by their place in England's Index of Multiple Deprivation, in fifths of all neighbourhoods (1 in 5 of England's neighbourhoods is in each fifth):

Index of Multiple Deprivation 2025 deciles grouped in pairs; it describes the neighbourhoods, not the pupils who attend the district's schools.

By kind of deprivation

The share of the district's neighbourhoods in each fifth of England's on each part of the index (the most deprived 20% are deciles 1 and 2, where 1 is the most deprived 10% of England's neighbourhoods):

Measure Most deprived 20% Second Middle Fourth Least deprived 20%
Income 2%[4] 9%[4] 24%[4] 26%[4] 38%[4]
Employment 1%[4] 4%[4] 22%[4] 24%[4] 48%[4]
Education and skills 4%[4] 14%[4] 25%[4] 31%[4] 25%[4]
Health and disability 0%[4] 3%[4] 19%[4] 22%[4] 56%[4]
Crime 2%[4] 5%[4] 21%[4] 32%[4] 39%[4]
Housing and services 25%[4] 17%[4] 22%[4] 25%[4] 10%[4]
Living environment 14%[4] 15%[4] 15%[4] 11%[4] 44%[4]
Children in low-income families 2%[4] 8%[4] 26%[4] 29%[4] 34%[4]

English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Income: People on low incomes: out of work, or in work on low pay, and receiving benefits or tax credits. Employment: Working-age people out of work through unemployment, sickness, disability or caring. Education and skills: Low attainment and skills: children's results and staying on in education, adults' qualifications and English. Health and disability: Risk of early death and of a poorer quality of life through ill health or disability. Crime: Risk of personal and material victimisation: recorded violence, burglary, theft and criminal damage. Housing and services: Barriers to housing and services: distance to a GP, school, shop and post office, and housing that is unaffordable, overcrowded or hard to get. Living environment: The quality of the local environment: housing in poor condition or without central heating, air quality and road accidents. Children in low-income families: Children aged 0–15 living in income-deprived families (the IDACI, part of the income measure).

Census 2021

Shares in the district's neighbourhoods together, on census day (21 March 2021):

Households that own their home: Households that own their home outright or with a mortgage or loan (shared ownership not included), of all households. Adults with a degree or similar: Residents aged 16 and over whose highest qualification is Level 4 or above (a degree, HND, NVQ level 4 or higher), of all residents aged 16 and over. Adults in higher managerial and professional jobs: Residents aged 16 and over in higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations (NS-SEC classes 1–3, by their current or most recent job), of all residents aged 16 and over.

Secondary schools (10)

SchoolAgesHeadline results
Denefield School 11–18[2]
A8 49 2025/26[8] AL B- 2024/25[9]
John O'Gaunt School 11–16[2]
A8 43 2025/26[8]
Kennet School 11–18[2]
A8 48 2025/26[8] AL B- 2024/25[9]
Little Heath School 11–18[2]
A8 49 2025/26[8] AL C 2024/25[9]
Park House School 11–19[2]
A8 50 2025/26[8] AL D+ 2024/25[9]
St Bartholomew's School 11–18[2]
A8 58 2025/26[8] AL B- 2024/25[9]
The Downs School 11–18[2]
The Willink School 11–18[2]
A8 56 2025/26[8] AL B- 2024/25[9]
Theale Green School 11–18[2]
A8 42 2025/26[8] AL C+ 2024/25[9]
Trinity School 11–18[2]
A8 43 2025/26[8] AL C+ 2024/25[9]

Primary schools (67)

SchoolAgesHeadline results
Aldermaston C.E. Primary School 4–11[2]
KS2 48% 2024/25[10]
Basildon C.E. Primary School 2–11[2]
Beedon C.E. (Controlled) Primary School 4–11[2]
KS2 30% 2023/24[11]
Beenham Primary School 4–11[2]
KS2 0% 2024/25[10]
Birch Copse Primary School 4–11[2]
KS2 72% 2024/25[10]
Bradfield C.E. Primary School 4–11[2]
KS2 92% 2024/25[10]
Brightwalton C.E. Aided Primary School 4–11[2]
KS2 67% 2024/25[10]
Brimpton C.E. Primary School 4–11[2]
KS2 20% 2024/25[10]
Bucklebury C.E. Primary School 3–11[2]
KS2 53% 2024/25[10]
Burghfield St Mary's C.E. Primary School 4–11[2]
KS2 50% 2024/25[10]
Calcot Infant School and Nursery 3–7[2]
Calcot Junior School 7–11[2]
KS2 51% 2024/25[10]
Chaddleworth St Andrew's C.E. Primary School 4–11[2]
Chieveley Primary School 4–11[2]
KS2 48% 2024/25[10]
Cold Ash St Mark's CE Primary School 5–11[2]
KS2 61% 2024/25[10]
Compton C.E. Primary School 4–11[2]
Curridge Primary School 4–11[2]
KS2 55% 2024/25[10]
Downsway Primary School 4–11[2]
KS2 61% 2024/25[10]
Enborne C.E. Primary School 4–11[2]
KS2 92% 2024/25[10]
Englefield C.E. Primary School 4–11[2]
KS2 69% 2024/25[10]
Falkland Primary School 4–11[2]
KS2 65% 2024/25[10]
Fir Tree Primary School and Nursery 3–11[2]
KS2 53% 2024/25[10]
Francis Baily Primary School 4–11[2]
KS2 58% 2024/25[10]
Garland Junior School 7–11[2]
KS2 54% 2024/25[10]
Hampstead Norreys C.E. Primary School 4–11[2]
KS2 70% 2024/25[10]
Hermitage Primary School 4–11[2]
KS2 60% 2024/25[10]
Highwood Copse Primary School 3–11[2]
Hungerford Primary School 4–11[2]
KS2 65% 2024/25[10]
Inkpen Primary School 5–11[2]
KS2 47% 2023/24[11]
John Rankin Infant and Nursery School 2–7[2]
John Rankin Junior School 7–11[2]
Kennet Valley Primary School 4–11[2]
KS2 66% 2024/25[10]
Kintbury St Mary's C.E. Primary School 3–11[2]
KS2 26% 2024/25[10]
Lambourn CofE Primary School 3–11[2]
KS2 48% 2024/25[10]
Long Lane Primary School 4–11[2]
KS2 38% 2024/25[10]
Mortimer St Mary's C.E. Junior School 7–11[2]
KS2 67% 2024/25[10]
Mortimer St. John's C.E. Infant School 4–7[2]
Mrs Bland's Infant School 2–7[2]
Pangbourne Primary School 4–11[2]
KS2 56% 2024/25[10]
Parsons Down Infant School 4–7[2]
Parsons Down Junior School 7–11[2]
KS2 39% 2024/25[10]
Purley CofE Primary School 3–11[2]
KS2 62% 2024/25[10]
Robert Sandilands Primary School and Nursery 3–11[2]
KS2 77% 2024/25[10]
Shaw-cum-Donnington C.E. Primary School 3–11[2]
KS2 60% 2024/25[10]
Shefford C.E. Primary School 4–11[2]
KS2 33% 2024/25[10]
Speenhamland School 2–11[2]
KS2 55% 2024/25[10]
Springfield Primary School 3–11[2]
KS2 69% 2024/25[10]
Spurcroft Primary School 3–11[2]
KS2 49% 2024/25[10]
St Finian's Catholic Primary School 4–11[2]
KS2 71% 2024/25[10]
St John the Evangelist CofE Infant and Nursery School 3–7[2]
St Joseph's Catholic Primary School 3–11[2]
KS2 45% 2024/25[10]
St Nicolas C.E. Junior School 7–11[2]
KS2 54% 2024/25[10]
St Paul's Catholic Primary School 4–11[2]
KS2 77% 2024/25[10]
Stockcross C.E. School 4–11[2]
KS2 54% 2024/25[10]
Streatley Church of England Primary School 4–11[2]
Sulhamstead and Ufton Nervet School 4–11[2]
KS2 59% 2024/25[10]
Thatcham Park CofE Primary 2–11[2]
KS2 51% 2024/25[10]
The Ilsleys Primary School 4–11[2]
KS2 67% 2024/25[10]
The Willows Primary School 2–11[2]
KS2 66% 2024/25[10]
The Winchcombe School 3–11[2]
KS2 51% 2024/25[10]
Theale C.E. Primary School 4–11[2]
KS2 89% 2024/25[10]
Welford and Wickham C.E. Primary School 5–11[2]
KS2 36% 2024/25[10]
Westwood Farm Infant School 3–7[2]
Westwood Farm Junior School 7–11[2]
KS2 58% 2024/25[10]
Whitelands Park Primary School 4–11[2]
KS2 57% 2024/25[10]
Woolhampton C.E. Primary School 4–11[2]
KS2 56% 2024/25[10]
Yattendon C.E. Primary School 4–11[2]
KS2 80% 2024/25[10]

Independent schools (7)

SchoolAgesHeadline results
Bradfield College 13–18[2]
AL B+ 2024/25[9]
Brockhurst and Marlston House Schools 2–13[2]
Downe House 11–18[2]
AL A- 2024/25[9]
Elstree School 2–13[2]
Pangbourne College 11–19[2]
AL B 2024/25[9]
St Andrew's School 2–13[2]
St Gabriel's School 0–18[2]
AL C+ 2024/25[9]

Special schools and alternative provision (12)

SchoolAgesHeadline results
Brookfields School 3–19[2]
Engaging Potential 13–19[2]
Haywards Farm School 6–14[2]
iCollege Alternative Provision 5–19[2]
Mary Hare School 4–19[2]
New Barn School 6–19[2]
Northcroft Vocational School 11–16[2]
Oaklands School 5–16[2]
Priors Court School 5–20[2]
The Castle School 3–19[2]
The Grange School 7–16[2]
The Mile House Therapeutic School 11–16[2]

Nursery schools (2)

SchoolAgesHeadline results
Hungerford Nursery School Centre for Children 2–4[2]
Victoria Park Nursery School 2–5[2]

Sources

  1. Office for National Statistics: Parish to Ward to Local Authority District (May 2026) Lookup in EW. Period 2026-05-01. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  2. Department for Education: Get Information About Schools: all establishments. Period 2026-10-14, published 2026-10-14. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  3. Office for National Statistics: LSOA (2021) to Electoral Ward (2026) to LAD (2026) Best Fit Lookup in EW. Period 2026-05-07. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  4. Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: English Indices of Deprivation. Period 2025. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  5. Office for National Statistics: Census 2021: TS054 Tenure. Period 2021-03-21, final, published 2023-01-06. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  6. Office for National Statistics: Census 2021: TS067 Highest level of qualification. Period 2021-03-21, final, published 2023-01-10. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  7. Office for National Statistics: Census 2021: TS062 NS-SeC. Period 2021-03-21, final, published 2022-12-08. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  8. Department for Education: Performance tables schools data (explore education statistics). Period 2025/26, provisional, published 2026-10-15. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  9. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS5 (16-18) final. Period 2024/25, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  10. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS2 final. Period 2024/25, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  11. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS2 final. Period 2023/24, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.